Rope-clamp.



A. W. WEBB.

ROPE CLAMP.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5, 1913.

1,1 59,628. Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEioE.

ALBERT W. WEBB, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ROPE-CLAMP.

Application filed November 5, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT W. WEBB, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rope-Clamps, of which the following is a specification.

The device which is the subject matter of the present application for patent is designed for use in connection with tent ropes, the object of the invention being to provide a clamp by means of which the rope can be easily and quickly fastened to the stake or removed therefrom. The clamp also allows the rope to be drawn taut, and it securely holds the same and prevents it from slipping and getting slack.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the device, and Figs. 2 and 3 are perspective views showing the application of the same.

As shown in the drawing the clamp is composed of a single piece of stout wire, which is bent intermediate its ends into a coil 5 of one convolution, said coil forming an eye through which the tent rope 6 is adapted to pass. The two ends 7 and 8, respectively, of the wire extend out straight from the coil in opposite directions and in parallel planes. The end 7 has its outer extremity bent into a hook 9, and the outer end of the part 8 is bent into a hook 10. The hook 9 lies parallel to the length of the part 7, on one side thereof, and the hook 10 is on the same side but extends sidewise or transversely of the part 8. The coil 5 is flat and its axis intersects the longitudinal axis of the parts 7 and 8 at a right angle.

In use, the device is applied to the rope 6 by slipping the latter through the eye formed by the coil 5. The rope passes loosely through the eye so that the device may he slid along the rope. The hook 9 is made fast to that end of the rope which passes around the tent stake 11, said end having a loop or knot which is engageable' by the hook to securely fasten the device to the rope. The rope being slipped around the tent stake, the device now extends transversely of the rope, as shown in Fig. 2. The

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1915.

Serial No. 799,345.

rope is now drawn taut by pulling the device toward the upper end thereof, and the end 8 is then swung down to extend parallel to the rope, or substantially so, and the hook 10 is slipped under the rope, as shown in Fig. 8. This grips the rope, and it is now securely held taut. By reason of the position of the loop 5, the rope, after the hook 10 is engaged therewith as shown, is held tortuous, whereby it is prevented from slip ping. To release the rope, it is necessary only to disengage the hook 10, whereupon the device may be brought back to the position shown in Fig. 2, which loosens the rope and allows it to be slipped off the tent stake.

It will be noted that the hook 9 is on the same side of the part 7 as the coil 5, said hook and coil lying in parallel planes.

The device, preferably, is made of galvanized wire so that it will not rust but remain smooth and easy to operate at all times, and the operation hereinbefore described is quickly and easily effected as there'are no knots to tie and untie. There is no side strain on the device, all strain being in the direction of its length.

I claim:

A clamp for tent ropes, said clamp comprising a wire member having intermediate its ends a coil through which a tent rope is. ass, and from which coil the adapted to two ends 0 the member extend longitudinally in opposite directions, the rope extending along the same, and the extremities of the two endsof the member terminating in open hooks, that portion of the rope which is on one side of the coil being looped and having its free end connected to one of the hooks, and that portion of the rope which is on the other side of the coil being engageable by the other hook, said last-mentioned hook extending transversely outward from one side of the member to engage the rope transversely. V

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT w. WEBB.

Witnesses:

S. J.LEHRER, H. G. B TcH LoR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing; the Commissioner of'Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

